GPS

[homewld]

I have a USB GPS dongle which the Scroll ignores! However it does identify the external usb keyboard and let me type using it. So the data stream must be being read inside the scroll by either the OS or the app. Has anyone found a way of getting google maps/latitude find the GPS data or is there an app which reads the NMEA data which is streaming from the dongle? Any ideas?

[JimmyW]

If you use the search there's about 6 previous threads regarding GPS (Bluetooth & USB based). The answer at the moment is no it doesn't work.

[Warpedflash]

possibly chance of it arriving in a custom firware at some point but not in any current offical/unofficial firmwares sorry.

[homewld]

Thanks but I did read all seven pages and saw the conclusion was no it doesn't work . I had found that out.

So I asked myself why? Is a software of a hardware problem? The Scroll reads a datasteam via usb from a keyboard and from a flash drive. I guess it is read via software.

My question now is whether the android 2.1 on the Scroll a subset of the full android 2.1 OS. Further googling seems to suggest that an app could be written to read the data stream from the USB port.

On an android developers site http://developer.android.com/reference/ ... mmary.html there is a reference to the function android.location and within that class GpsStatus.NmeaListener Used for receiving NMEA sentences from the GPS.

I was able to read ASCI data (eventually) from the BBC micro cassette port even though it was supposed only used to input programs from magnetic tape! It seems to be a matter of knowing how the data gets into the email program .

[JimmyW]

There's no drivers for the USB devices in the 2.1 on the scroll atm, that's why the device is not only not seen, but not used. There's drivers for USB hard drives/keyboard & mice, but until we get 2.2 fully operational we can't add in other drivers to support said devices and we'd have to have them for each type.

[homewld]

Thanks for that explanation .

[mojo]

I'm hoping to add a bluetooth adapter inside the scroll (if possible) and will want to use a bluetooth GPS reciever,
would the scroll need to read/understand the nmea stream or is that app dependant?

[JimmyW]

App dependant mojo... as long as the device can see the device it'll happily stream the data in from it (After all, it's only a series of numbers)

[insx]

I had a little play with an android app called tetherGPS lite on my phone and scroll. That doesn't seem to work either.

[rammy]

There's no drivers for the USB devices in the 2.1 on the scroll atm, that's why the device is not only not seen, but not used. There's drivers for USB hard drives/keyboard & mice, but until we get 2.2 fully operational we can't add in other drivers to support said devices and we'd have to have them for each type.

TBH with the right people on board it could be done on a custom 2.1 as well and not just 2.2, but saying that 2.2 would be the better option too achieve it on.